Things you did as a kid that your kids will never do

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You rode around the neighborhood on your bike with a pack of kids. Not an adult in sight. No cell phone in your pocket. If you needed to call Mom, you found a pay phone or hopped into a friend’s house and dialed on a rotary phone.

After a whirl around the neighborhood, a game of kickball in the street and a climb up your neighbor’s tree, you took a swig from the lead-laced hose in your front yard and ran into the house where your entire family sat around the table for dinner.

Those were the good old days? The freedom and independence kids enjoyed were certainly exceptional. The time spent outside running around was another huge plus. There were downsides. Kids didn’t wear bike helmets or seat belts. We didn’t know about the lead in the hoses (though we all drank from them and seemed to turn out OK).

No matter, today’s kids are growing up in a different world filled with Minecraft, text messages and helicopter parents. There are many things from our bygone childhoods—good and bad—that they will never experience. Take a look at some of these things in the slide show above and please add to the list in the comments.